Albuquerque Remembered is an informative and entertaining history of "The Duke City." Under the flags of Spain, Mexico, the United States, and for a brief period, the Confederate States, Albuquerque grew from a small farm and ranch village in the northern reaches of New Spain to the thirty-fifth largest city in the United States. Howard Bryan devotes special attention to some of the ...

Manufacturer: University of New Mexico Press
Written By: Howard Bryan

Sophisticated and seductive, Santa Fe and Taos clearly illustrate why New Mexico is known as the "Land of Enchantment." The rugged landscape, diverse cultural traditions, and exceptional charm of these two unique destinations have lured explorers for hundreds of years. More than 200 postcards dating from 1905 to 1950 provide a visual tour of this intriguing and alluring area. Explore the Santa Fe ...

Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
Written By: Mary L. Martin, Ginny Parfitt

With dramatic pen and ink drawings and lively descriptive narrative, artist-writer Bill Hemp illuminates Taos' colourful landmarks and legends. From the verdant valley of the Taos-Tiwa cultures and their centuries old Pueblo, to the sky-lighted studios of Anglo artists Joseph Sharp and others, Hemp's pen captures the magical quality of this town that has been home to native peoples, Spanish ...

Manufacturer: University Press of Colorado
Written By: William H. Hemp

Historian Marc Simmons is already a favorite among scholars, students, Hispanophiles, and borderland enthusiasts for his careful, readable histories of the American Southwest. In the twelve essays collected in Spanish Pathways, Simmons’s topical, in-depth approach to New Mexico’s colonial period is skillfully deployed. His original research and unique insights transform New Mexico’s ...

Manufacturer: University of New Mexico Press
Written By: Marc Simmons

From 1880, when the railroad reached Santa Fe, to the early 1990s, the city was transformed from a territorial outpost to a modern community. This book focuses on what changes over the past 110 years have meant to the city’s inhabitants. The result is a readable, captivating social history centered on the essence of Santa Fe—the lives of its Hispano and Anglo residents. Initially, the ...

Manufacturer: University of New Mexico Press
Written By: Henry J. Tobias, Charles E. Woodhouse

Manufacturer: El Escritorio
Written By: Donald L Lucero

For over forty years aural historian Jack Loeffler has wandered the West engaging people in conversations and recording those conversations for posterity. When asked by the New Mexico Humanities Council to produce an anthology of interviews that would combine elements of two projects sponsored by the Council, the Between Fences traveling exhibition and a project focused on the Great Depression and ...

Manufacturer: University of New Mexico Press
Written By: Jack Loeffler

Chronicling Coronado's explorations in the American Southwest, this fascinating history retraces the steps of the great adventurer.

Manufacturer: Museum of New Mexico Press
Written By: Stewart L. Udall

The history of any state is largely determined by the lives and actions of its residents and particularly its leading citizens. This book presents a sampling of Hispanic men and women whose influences on New Mexico events and history transcended the moment and became lasting contributions to the American Southwest. It includes portraits of Juan de Onate, Diego de Vargas, Gertrudis 'Dona Tules' ...

Manufacturer: Sunstone Press
Written By: Lynn Irwin Perrigo

Manufacturer: Cincar Pub
Written By: Carlos LoPopolo